Atlanta Motor Speedway (formerly
Atlanta International Raceway) is a track in
Hampton, Georgia, 20 miles (32 km) south of
Atlanta. It is a quad-oval track with a
seating capacity of 111,000. It opened in 1960 as a standard oval. In 1994, 46
condominiums were built over the northeastern side of the track. In 1997, to standardize the track with Speedway Motorsports' other two ovals, the entire track was almost completely rebuilt. The frontstretch and backstretch were swapped, and the configuration of the track was changed from oval to quad-oval. The project made the track one of the fastest on the
NASCAR circuit.